I am currently attending the American Library Association Midwinter meetings in Boston where it is beginning as a very rainy day. My Sibert Committee completed its charge last night and all that's left is gravy. Calling the winners, a photograph, the very exciting Awards Announcements Monday morning 8:00 eastern time. Click on the link below to watch it live. And click the link below for all the background information on all the book catagories being awarded. Until I am able to say more about any of it, I will follow this post with my Soups & Stews for Week 2. Considering the weather right now, it would give me great happiness to have a big plate of this one today. Alas.
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I remember the excitement of visiting the public library as a child. The magic and suspense of reading favorites like The Velvet Room and The Secret Garden tugged at my imagination. Biographies of George Washington Carver and Betsy Ross allowed me to see the lives of those who came before me and to appreciate their accomplishments. Poetry collections like my favorite The Tall Book of Poems, which I took with me on sleepovers, introduced me to a range of poetry where I could consider how the placement and rhythm of words affected your mood – sometimes bouncy, other times melancholy. Plus, I really loved the way that book felt in my small hands. My goal in writing children’s books, I think, is an attempt to recreate those feelings, those early years of reading books where everything seemed possible.
I received an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and won the Karen and Philip Cushman Late Bloomer Award from SCBWI. I worked as a Children's Librarian for 20 years and still prefer to read books written for young people. I have two Cavapoo dogs named Prince Albert and Daisy Wu, and a black kitten named Mortimer. I am married and split time between homes with my husband Rod in Dayton, OH and in Cadiz, KY where we enjoy our pontoon boat on Lake Barkley.
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